PHOTO PROMPT – © C. Hase
SHIFTING SANDS
I finished reading my book, and I’m bored. I’ll have some crackers.
LINK!
I’ll make a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. The bread is small. I’ll make two.
LINK!
It’s TV commercial time. I’ll eat a few chips.
LINK!
Doctor says my cholesterol level is normal, but the weight is creeping up.
LINK!
Abdominal fat surrounds and presses on organs, adversely affecting them. Phooey! I’ll live forever.
LINK!
And so, like Ebenezer Scrooge, our chains of obesity are acquired. So easily gained, forged one link at a time. So difficult to divest ourselves of.
Cast off your chains. Be healthy.
The above is a somewhat distressing, very personal account of the five years since I retired, still eating as I did when I worked, but no longer working. I would not insult by pointing fingers and using the ‘Fat’ word, just a gentle reminder, and a wish for the best for all.
Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
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Archon's Den 
at first, I was like ‘WTF’ is he talking about….I tried clicking on the links….nothing…then my brain snapped and I got it. Nice writing…
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I didn’t even think of the electronic connotation, until after I’d published it. 🙂
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Interesting that you went with the chain, not the animals. 🙂
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Do I need to get out the Windex, and clean my glasses?? Even staring at that photo, I see no animals. I just peered down past my well-rounded personality at the keyboard, and saw that big heavy chain. The rest, as they say, is history….or was that court records?? 🙄
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LMAO … ha ha … I saw this pic twice, and each time the same … Please pass the Windex.
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Very clever! It gradually dawned on me what you were doing there.
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That was what I was going for; hoping that the meaning would subtly creep up on my readers, like the avoirdupois has crept up on me. 😯
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Great extended analogy, Archon!
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Thank you sir. And now, back to Riding In Hummers With Colonels. 🙄
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Your brain has figured it out. Now, the question is, is your digestive system linked to your brain? 👿
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I appreciate why diet programs like Jenny Craig insist that you record everything that you put in your mouth, even if you chew your nails. It’s not like I sit down and gorge on an entire roast turkey. Being home just means that I’m more exposed to the opportunities and temptations – a little of this, a bit of that – at the end of a day, it adds up. Even a juice glass of Pepsi contains over 50 calories. 😮
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Good reminder to all. Interesting format…only understood the “Links” at the end.
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That, and the Scrooge reference to bring it all home. 😮
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Surprisingly for me, I caught the theme right away. I’ve been thinking I eat too much ice cream as the scale has crept up.
Great story. Good luck with the more health regime!
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Thank you. I want to be less the man that I’ve become. 😛
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I hope you do too. Best of luck.
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Oh, I so get this… wide clothes can only hide so much… This is a great idea for the prompt. Counting calories, more exercise and will power is what works… if only I could find that will power somewhere.
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Fashions by Omar the Tentmaker. I don’t need ‘will power’ as much as Won’t Power ….I won’t eat that, I won’t snack on this. 🙄
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Now I know what I’m doing wrong. I need won’t power, too.
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Yes, retirement can be tricky that way! And I am speaking from experience. Unfortunately. 😁
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If it weren’t from constantly running up and down stairs because of short memory, I’d have a figure only a bowling ball would envy. 😛
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What are the keystrokes for the toothy Grr emoticon? I don’t have that one on my list. 😆
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I’m not sure about the keystrokes for that emoticon. I just click on it while typing on my iPhone 😇
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I keep forgetting that many people use cell phones, not full-size PCs, as I do, or even laptops. Now that I know it exists, I can ask one of my more tech-savvy friends. I recently discovered a burrito. 🌯 Thanx anyway. 🙂
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Heart disease and high cholesterol run in my family. I’m getting my cholesterol checked on Monday. I’m really serious now. These things do creep up on you. Great take.
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I need all the blog-friends I can get. Waiter! A round of Lipitor for the house, on me. 🙄
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You’ve described a common experience very aptly. I like your metaphor. I wish you well with your more mindful approach to food.
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Thank you for your appreciation of my gentle warning. I need to train my mind (and body) not to approach food. 😯
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Love it. Great warning flash. But how do you break the links is my question. Like you I have watched it go on and just keep on watching.
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My doctor told me to watch my weight, so I put it out in front of me where I can keep an eye on it. 😦 😯
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Probably not a bad idea. Good luck with it.
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A very clever idea with a very important message. Nicely done. 🙂
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I’m glad you liked it. One more Public Service message, and I get a dozen free doughnuts. 🙄
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It took me a minute to get the “links” but it all came together in the end. Very clever.
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I saw the chain, and thought of its weight, and how Scrooge forged his, one link at a time. I am haunted by the ghosts of gravy past. 😉
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So true, Archon. Weight is very sneaky. We have to be on guard. It’s especially bad when we’re at home around the food a good bit of the time. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne
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I have a first-world problem that’s been ingrained in me. “Eat all your food! There are people starving in India.” So I ate all my food, and there are still people starving in India. Now they’re also dying from the heat.
How have you fared with it?? Does your suite/apartment have air conditioning? 😳
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[…] over a hundred pounds. Then he spent another year, gradually putting it all back on. 😦 Slowly we forge the chains of our obesity so, slowly we must cast them off. In the three months that I waited for the scan, I managed to […]
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